Whenever the Hari Raya period rolls by, I always think about Ramadan food like lemang, percik, ketupat, satays, kerabu and murtabak. It also motivates me to serve like a full out local fare. So instead of white rice, I wanted to try and make this 'yellow' rice. Now, although this is similar to briyani rice, I don't want to call it briyani because briyani rice to me is the rice that's cooked ... continue reading...

I had my birthday last May and hubster took me out to Chillis to eat. Normally, I would order the usual meat wraps or sandwiches or burgers. But that night, I thought I would try some of their more obscure dishes. So I ordered what is called the Chipotle Chicken Fresh Mex Bowl. Mex for Mexican I guess. You can see from the picture below that this is what it looks like exactly advertised in the ... continue reading...

I realised that my blog has been neglected greatly. (cry!) My last posting was almost a year ago. Seems like nowadays I have to schedule my time around my son's exams in school. Just when you thought you have a bit of spare time, something always comes up or the next exam is coming soon and all free time will be used up doing studies and ... continue reading...

So, I guess this post could be somewhat of a product review too. I'll admit I was drawn to the packaging of this pre-mix stuff. And I do love five-spice. I bought this one to try. Heng's pre-packaged stuff had several types that's used for steamed dishes, fried dishes, soups and braised stuff. I wonder if I should try them all just for the heck of it. In the meantime, I bought two types and will ... continue reading...

It is already the month of July through 2017. Where has the time gone???? We say stuff like this every year don't we? Seems like for parents our year is scheduled more around exams and school activities for our kids and then you see that half a year has already gone. So of course, it is time to get back to blogging again, no matter how sporadic my postings may be. ... continue reading...

It's the third month of 2017 coming to a near end. How is everyone doing and especially to mothers of Year 1 kids? How are things coming along? Haha! I remember when my son went into Year 1. First two weeks were a lot of missing stationaries and torn books, or even spilt water all over the bag. In case some of you are unaware, my son was ... continue reading...

This dish is inspired by the rice. We went to our favourite western food restaurant and they have this dish which was simply called butter rice. Now I had many butter rice in my time but their's was definitely different. When the dish came to our table, it looked sorta....tacky (for lack of a better word), but the aroma of butter was AMAZING. You could smell it a mile away. ... continue reading...

I'm just itching to make a lot of Japanese dishes lately, partly to blame were the animes I watched on home cooking. There is not really a plot twist in here and true to anime style, the scenes are always exaggerated and dramatic but the anime really have it down when it comes to making food look irresistible. ... continue reading...

Last Tueday we celebrated hubster's birthday. Now although it is tradition we have practised in our family to have 'ang jiu mee suah' on all birthdays, frankly that time I just didn't feel like I had the energy nor the capacity to cook a whole mee suah meal. And I have never bothered to make mee suah on my own birthday either. ... continue reading...

Although throughout July of 2011 I was writing contents for my blog, I never officially announced it till August. It's more just to have something on the blog rather than announce it and have zero content. So 1st August is the official launch of my blog. I think throughout the years I didn't bother to celebrate its age and just forgot after that. But 5 years should be something worth mentioning. I ... continue reading...

Chinese New Year is approaching!! Bring out the feast!! Actually I'm still reeling over the post-Christmas bloats. But this condiment is so common everywhere you go. At Chinese wedding dinners is a must. It's really easy to make your own and the ... continue reading...

I was actually pacing back and forth wondering if I should do a post on this...making breadcrumbs hardly requires a recipe, least of all brain matter but somehow because the theme is stale bread week, I thought I should just include it for the ... continue reading...

The vodka takes on a very dark colour from the vanilla,
this jar of extract has been steeping for almost 4 months.
I once bought a bottle of vanilla extract and it costs me RM30. It didn't even last for two months. So by some good grace, Jaya ... continue reading...